TY - JOUR
T1 - Engineering NiS/Ni2P Heterostructures for Efficient Electrocatalytic Water Splitting
AU - Xiao, Xin
AU - Huang, Dekang
AU - Fu, Richard
AU - Wen, Ming
AU - Jiang, Xingxing
AU - Lv, Xiaowei
AU - Li, Man
AU - Gao, Lin
AU - Liu, Shuangshuang
AU - Wang, Mingkui
AU - Zhao, Chuan
AU - Shen, Yan
PY - 2018/2/7
Y1 - 2018/2/7
N2 - Developing high-active and low-cost bifunctional materials for catalyzing hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) holds pivotal role in water splitting. Therefore, we present a new strategy to form NiS/Ni2P heterostructures. The as-obtained NiS/Ni2P/CC requires overpotentials of 111 mV for the HER and 265 mV for the OER to reach a current density of 20 mA cm-2, outperforming their counterparts such as NiS and Ni2P under the same conditions. Additionally, the NiS/Ni2P/CC electrode requires a 1.67 V cell voltage to deliver 10 mA cm-2 in two-electrode electrolysis system, which is comparable to the cell using the benchmark Pt/C||RuO2 electrode. Detailed characterizations reveal that strong electronic interactions between NiS and Ni2P, abundant active sites, and smaller charge transfer resistance contribute to the improved HER and OER activity.
AB - Developing high-active and low-cost bifunctional materials for catalyzing hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) holds pivotal role in water splitting. Therefore, we present a new strategy to form NiS/Ni2P heterostructures. The as-obtained NiS/Ni2P/CC requires overpotentials of 111 mV for the HER and 265 mV for the OER to reach a current density of 20 mA cm-2, outperforming their counterparts such as NiS and Ni2P under the same conditions. Additionally, the NiS/Ni2P/CC electrode requires a 1.67 V cell voltage to deliver 10 mA cm-2 in two-electrode electrolysis system, which is comparable to the cell using the benchmark Pt/C||RuO2 electrode. Detailed characterizations reveal that strong electronic interactions between NiS and Ni2P, abundant active sites, and smaller charge transfer resistance contribute to the improved HER and OER activity.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85041928311
U2 - 10.1021/acsami.7b16430
DO - 10.1021/acsami.7b16430
M3 - Article
SN - 1944-8244
VL - 10
SP - 4689
EP - 4696
JO - ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
JF - ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
IS - 5
ER -